Adobe 38043740 - ColdFusion Standard - Mac Development Manual page 811

DEVELOPING COLDFUSION 9 APPLICATIONS
Requesting and Presenting Information
Tag/attribute
cfgrid format="html"
cfinput type="datefield"
cftextarea richtext="yes"
cftree format="html"
cfslider
Menu tags
cfmenu
cfmenuitem
User assistance tags and attributes
cfinput type="text"
autosuggest="bindexpression"
cftooltip tag, and the tooltip
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cfinput cfselect cftextarea
Other tags
cfprogressbar
cfmap
cfmediaplayer
cfmessagebox
In addition to the tags and attributes, ColdFusion provides many JavaScript functions that let you control and manage
the display. Many functions control the display of specific tags. For example, you can use JavaScript functions to
dynamically display and hide the window. There are also several utility tags, such as the
ColdFusion.getElementValue
function that displays the results of a URL in a container tag. For a complete list of all ColdFusion Ajax JavaScript
functions, and detailed function descriptions, see Ajax JavaScript Functions in the CFML Reference.
Using ColdFusion Ajax user interface features
ColdFusion Ajax user interface features let you create data-driven pages that update dynamically without requiring
multiple HTML pages or page refreshes or non-HTML display tools such as Flash forms. Many user interface features
use data binding to dynamically get data based on other data values: form field values, form control selections, and
selections in Spry data sets.
ColdFusion Ajax user interface controls and features can be divided into two major categories:
• Display layout
• Data interaction
Display layout controls include the
include the HTML control, the
cfgrid
display layout and data interaction features can use data binding to dynamically interact with the user.
Description
A dynamic, editable, sortable, data grid.
An input control that users can fill by selecting a date from a pop-up calendar.
A text area with a set of controls that let users format the displayed text.
A dynamic tree-format representation of data.
A slider control, for selecting a numeric value from a range, in a ColdFusion form.
A menu bar or the root of a drop-down menu.
An individual item in a menu, or the root of a submenu.
A drop-down autofill suggestion box. As the user types, a list appears with completion
suggestions based on the text the user has typed.
attribute on A textual description of a control or region that appears when the user hovers the
controls mouse over the control or region.
A progress bar to indicate the progress of an activity such as a file download.
A geographical map within a ColdFusion web page.
An inbuild media player.
A control for displaying pop-up messages.
function that gets the value of a control attribute, or the
, , and
cflayout cfpod
control, and dynamic autosuggest lists for text input controls. Most
cfmenu
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controls. Some of the data interaction features
cfwindow
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